Steam Community is something of a redesign of Steam that allows gamers to socialize easier. It includes game hubs, to allow players to browse popular content, updates to Steam groups that make them easier to use and join, a central location for your personal content, and more options for browsing and playing with your Steam friends. Right now, the beta is open to those who have earned the “Pillar of the Steam Community” achievement on Steam, and their invited friends. VG24/7 has the story.
Steam has real potential to be a community site, but it has been held back by wonky interfaces and a somewhat unfriendly design. If Valve can centralize and expand the design, gamers could adopt Steam as their communication program of choice.
Especially if Valve could get their voice coms working right.